Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Lewdness; Child Pornography
Patch reports on police activity in the area.
Massapequa
A Farmingdale man has been accused of exposing himself to a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, police said.
Leroy Jamison was nabbed by Suffolk County police and charged in the Thursday afternoon incident.
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He allegedly entered the chapel of the church where a 64-year-old woman was praying, knelt down next to her and exposed himself.
The woman screamed and Jamison fled the chapel and took off in on a bicycle, police said.
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The parishioner was not hurt.
North Massapequa
A North Massapequa man had been arrested on child pornography charges, police said.
Michael Barletta, 45, is accused of sharing numerous videos containing minors performing sexual acts.
Police said they obtained one of the videos and got a warrant to search Barletta's home, where he was arrested.
He is charged with three counts of promoting sexual performance of a child and three counts of possessing a sexual performance of a child.
Hicksville
Nassau County Second Precinct Arrests Reports:
Police arrested the following:
On Sept. 8, Jaquan Campbell, 18, charged with petit larceny, Hollister, Broadway Mall.
On Sept. 9, Jamel Henderson, 25, charged with robbery, Gulf Gas Station, Hicksville.
Melville
Police are searching for two men who entered a Marshall’s store in Melville and stole merchandise.
According to a police report, one man took six assorted baseball hats and one shirt, and the second stole two Polo shirts and one pair of jeans valued at $230 on July 8 at approximately 6 p.m. Police say the pair left without paying for the items and then fled northb in a gold Oldsmobile from the store located at 830 Walt Whitman Road.
Lindenhurst
Arrests:
Sept. 13: George Hakanson, Lindenhurst, charged, with disorderly conduct, obscene language/gestures.
Incidents:
Sept. 13: Burglary, Ronnie’s Stationery, Montauk Highway.
Sept. 12: Grand larceny, South Broadway, report indicated, “2006 Kawasaki Ninja 636/Silver with red flames.”
Sept. 12: Harassment. Indiana Avenue, report indicated, “Complainant states he was slapped.”
Merrick
Sometime between Sept. 5 and Sept. 6, a laptop was stolen from a 2010 Jeep Liberty by breaking the rear window. It was parked on Argyle Road.
Sometime on Sept. 6, a vehicle window was broken and items were removed from a car parked in the Merrick railroad station.
Bellmore
Police are searching for two men who robbed an apartment in North Bellmore at gunpoint on Sept. 13.
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